Tumolo v. Triangle Pacific Corp.

MEMORANDUM

LUDWIG, District Judge.

Defendant Triangle Pacific Corporation moves for summary judgment in this age discrimination and retaliation action. Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq.; Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA), 43 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 951 et seq, 1 Jurisdiction is federal question. 28 U.S.C, § 1331.

Plaintiffs decedent, Michael Tumolo, died on November 2, 1997. From 1984 to August 13, 1996, he had been employed as a sales representative in defendant’s kitchen cabinet division, assigned to its King of Prussia office. As part of a reduction in force in…